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DEMS PLAN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE AT CONFEDERATE LANDMARK; THEATER NAMED AFTER PRO-SLAVERY SECESSIONIST
Drudge Report ^ | 04/25/2003

Posted on 04/25/2003 1:50:27 PM PDT by Saeder

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KEYWORDS: primaries; southcarolina
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1 posted on 04/25/2003 1:50:27 PM PDT by Saeder
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To: Saeder
And?
2 posted on 04/25/2003 1:51:42 PM PDT by SunStar (Democrats piss me off!)
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To: Saeder
What? They're having it at the Robert Byrd Theatre????
3 posted on 04/25/2003 1:51:57 PM PDT by So Cal Rocket (God bless the coalition troops and their families)
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To: SunStar
Waiting for the rest to post/link from drudgereport.com
4 posted on 04/25/2003 1:53:09 PM PDT by Saeder
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To: Saeder
Al Sharpton, how do you feel about this?
5 posted on 04/25/2003 1:53:11 PM PDT by mabelkitty
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To: mabelkitty
I wonder if Al will dump the Democreeps and run as a third party candidate?
6 posted on 04/25/2003 1:55:40 PM PDT by areafiftyone (The U.N. needs a good Flush!)
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To: Saeder
They can plan all they want. Doesn't mean squat unless the other side agrees to it.
7 posted on 04/25/2003 2:00:47 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: So Cal Rocket
Orville Faubus Amphitheater
8 posted on 04/25/2003 2:02:08 PM PDT by dwilli
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To: areafiftyone
Let's hope so.

Someone call his office for a comment.
9 posted on 04/25/2003 2:04:28 PM PDT by mabelkitty
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To: plain talk
What do ya wanna bet, if the debate does take place there, the Republican candidate will get tarred-and-feathered over the location.
10 posted on 04/25/2003 2:04:57 PM PDT by fml (freedom begins with W!)
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To: So Cal Rocket
ROFLOL!
11 posted on 04/25/2003 2:05:35 PM PDT by freelight
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To: plain talk
Primary debate.
12 posted on 04/25/2003 2:06:11 PM PDT by Koan
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To: fml
this is next week, for the primary. no gop.
13 posted on 04/25/2003 2:12:47 PM PDT by gimmealewinsky (Send the frenchies to show'em how to surrender...)
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To: Saeder
Al Sharpton ought to have field day with this.
14 posted on 04/25/2003 2:14:05 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Saeder
Drudge a little slow on the uptake it seems..... Note date of April, 14, 2003 on article..

S.C. Democrats eye center stage

Posted Monday, April 14, 2003 - 6:55 pm


By Dan Hoover
STAFF WRITER
dhoover@greenvillenews.com

South Carolina Democrats are laying claim to the national stage with a candidate and political celebrity-studded "Dem Weekend 2003," state party chairman Dick Harpootlian said Monday.

Combined with the party's May 2 Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner and its annual convention the next day, each featuring appearance by most of the 2004 Democratic presidential contenders, the weekend "only illustrates the prominence" South Carolina will play in deciding the nomination, Harpootlian said.

The state has been receiving extensive attention from the candidates for nearly a year because its Feb. 3, 2004 Democratic presidential preference primary will be the nation's third and the South's first in the current election cycle.

Nine Democratic presidential candidates have signed on for a debate that will be hosted by ABC News and made available to television stations around the state and nation, he said.

The 90-minute debate will begin at 8:30 p.m. on May 3 in the Longstreet Theater on the University of South Carolina campus. George Stephanopoulos, the Clinton White House aide turned broadcast commentator, will be the moderator. His own program, "This Week with George Stephanopoulos," will air from the theater at 11 a.m. Sunday.

Thomas Fowler of South Carolina Educational Television said the agency had no details yet, "but it's the sort of thing we'd like to run." SCETV has traditionally been the source for televised debates, from the high-profile Republican presidential primaries to last year's statewide campaigns.

Will Drake, political director for the state Democratic Party, said ABC News will not televise the debate but will make it available to SCETV, C-SPAN, and ABC affiliates.

The Jefferson-Jackson Day event will be held at Seawell's adjacent to the State Fairgrounds. U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., will be the featured speaker for the 7 p.m. event.

The party's convention will elect a successor to Harpootlian who didn't seek a third two-year term. Greenville advertising executive Joe Erwin and Columbia activist Margaret Feagin are the two candidates for chairman.

Three South Carolina Democrats with national political credentials are involved in planning the events, Harpootlian said. They are Don Fowler of Columbia, former national party chairman; Mike McCurry, formerly of Abbeville, Clinton White House press secretary; and Marcia Hale, formerly of Aiken, Clinton White House intergovernmental affairs director.

Dan Hoover covers politics and can be reached at 298-4883.


James Longstreet Conferderate General

15 posted on 04/25/2003 2:15:37 PM PDT by deport
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To: Howlin; PhiKapMom; Miss Marple; Amelia; Southflanknorthpawsis; DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
fyi.........
16 posted on 04/25/2003 2:17:03 PM PDT by deport
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To: Saeder
Repeatedly the RATS flaunt their party of racism. Do we hear any outrage or offended blacks raising spectre of racism. NO! Repubs are publicly flogged by blacks, RATS and the media if there is even a PERCEPTION of racism, note Trent Lott affair.
17 posted on 04/25/2003 2:17:07 PM PDT by lilylangtree
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To: dwilli
Orville Faubus is just the yardstick by which ALL Arkansas governors have been measured. So far, he is one of the best ever....
18 posted on 04/25/2003 2:17:08 PM PDT by alloysteel
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To: Saeder
I can imagine Hillary salivating over the repercussions. She will suggest that the plan is "insensitive". Then she will suggest that the dem party needs to be united, and slime her way in with Nancy Pelosi's blessing.
19 posted on 04/25/2003 2:18:37 PM PDT by LurkedLongEnough (Living proof that a Conservative can spring from a "Liberal Arts" education.)
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To: Saeder
Doesn't get any better than this!!!! Looks like the Clinton run RATs are going to have a "wee bit" of a problem with this one! LOL!!! Gotta love it!

20 posted on 04/25/2003 2:19:01 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (Get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US)
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